New York, US (PANA) - The recently extended ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon remains under strain as violence continues, with civilian deaths and injuries reported in Israeli strikes over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Security Council is debating maritime security with the UN chief calling on nations restricting ship movement through the [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are reports of continuing clashes in Mali on Sunday, a day after a series of coordinated attacks across the landlocked African nation against Government forces by extremists and northern separatist rebels.Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako on Saturday and around a large [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance – “an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community”, a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF has said.UNICEF Deputy Executive [...] Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has unveiled a draft constitutional reform proposing changes to the functioning of the executive branch, including allowing the prime minister to preside over the Council of Ministers, PANA reported Monday.Under the proposed Article 42, the President of the Republic [...] Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)- The President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has appointed a nine member Regulatory Council of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (ARCOP), PANA reported Monday.The members, drawn from the public administration, the private sector and civil society, are appointed for a renewable three-year term.ARCOP is [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – More than 100 women and girls displaced every hour in South Sudan, some going days without food, the UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Anna Mutavati, said in a statement on Monday.Ms Mutavat, after a five-day mission in South Sudan, called for [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese medical charity on Monday reported that dozens of doctors are currently detained by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Fashir, north Darfur. The RSF took over Fashir in October, last year, following almost two years of siege and denial of humanitarian relief accessA [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Russia's paramilitary Africa Corps, which has been supporting the West African state of Mali to fight rebels, confirmed on Monday that its forces had withdrawn from northern town of Kidal after fierce battles following coordinated attacks in several localities in the country.Several media outlets and websites [...] Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has strongly condemned last Saturday's terrorist attacks in several localities in Mali.A press release dated 26 April said these “heinous acts” demonstrate once again the barbaric nature of the perpetrators who continue to threaten peace, security, and stability [...] Full text...
Benghazi , Libya (PANA) - The Director General of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgacem Haftar, has announced the launch, next June, of the reconstruction project for the Al-Sabri district and the city centre of the eastern city of Benghazi, following the completion of studies and topographic surveys.The announcement [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency Buying SellingUS Dollar [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Confederation of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, has condemned the “barbaric and inhumane” attacks against Mali, stressing that these will cannot shake the will of their peoples to live peace and dignity. A press release issued by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's military junta on Sunday evening confirmed that the Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Sadio Camara, was killed on Saturday during coordinated attacks on several cities of the West African country by extremists and northern separatist rebels.An official statement said he died when a car bomb [...] Full text...
